[bbor]

A) the hitler metaphor isn’t quite right - the parent isn’t saying that all of his ideas are inherently 100% false, but rather that reading his work is wasteful and disrespectful and dangerous. (Ok well some of that’s me but I’m guessing they’d agree) In my eyes, a better metaphor would be “refuse to read mein kampf even though it has some true paragraphs about the harms of monetary inflation”. Which, by god, I hope we can all agree is the right choice!

B) seeing “moralist” in this context seems a little absurd. He didn’t swear a lot or start an OnlyFans, he tried to kill dozens of people…

[goldenkey]

You can't read someone's book without being brainwashed by them? Sad state of affairs.

[bbor]

I disagree with this characterization. It’s not that reading Mein Kampf would brainwash you, it’s that reading it for it’s “nuggets of wisdom” is an insane, dangerous thing to do. I sorta thought that part would be uncontroversial but who knows

[goldenkey]

Human beings are not one dimensional. I see nothing wrong with taking military wisdom from Hitler.

[emodendroket]

Considering his lack of success and the fact that he had better military thinkers as subordinates, looking for "military wisdom" from Hitler sounds like the kind of thing you'd do because you had an ulterior motive.

[goldenkey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oET1WaG5sFk

[bbor]

Lol very unexpected response. Why do you need military wisdom?

[goldenkey]

Why does anyone need any wisdom? To be prepared for all areas of life that parallel one another. The Art of War is a book of life.